POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_INIT(3)

NAME
posix_spawn_file_actions_init, posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy - initialize and destroy spawn file actions object

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <spawn.h>
int
posix_spawn_file_actions_init(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions);
int
posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(posix_spawn_file_actions_t * file_actions);

DESCRIPTION
The posix_spawn_file_actions_init() function initialize the object referenced by file_actions() to contain no file actions for posix_spawn() or posix_spawnp(). Initializing an already initialized spawn file actions object may cause memory to be leaked.

The posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy() function destroy the object referenced by file_actions; the object becomes, in effect, uninitialized. A destroyed spawn file actions object can be reinitialized using posix_spawn_file_actions_init(). The object should not be used after it has been destroyed.

RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return zero; otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
The posix_spawn_file_actions_init() function will fail if:

[EINVAL]
    The value specified by file_actions is invalid.

[ENOMEM]
    Insufficient memory exists to initialize the spawn file actions object.

SEE ALSO
posix_spawn(3), posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(3), posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(3), posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(3), posix_spawnp(3)

STANDARDS
The posix_spawn_file_actions_init() and posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy() functions conform to p1003.1-2001.

HISTORY
The posix_spawn_file_actions_init() and posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy() functions first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 and imported for NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>